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Agronomy Day Events – July

Todd Gleason

University of Illinois Extension

July 7, 2025
Recommended citation format: Gleason, T.. "Agronomy Day Events – July." Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, July 7, 2025. Permalink

July 16 – Orr Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center Field Day
July 23 – Monmouth Field Day
July 24 – Ewing Demonstration Center Field Day
July 25 – Hemp Research Open House

Orr Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center Field Day

Event Date: Wednesday, July 16, All Day
Location: 37804 State Highway 104, Baylis, IL 62314
Sponsor: Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois
Contact Name: Luke Merritt
Contact E-Mail: lukem@illinois.edu

EVENT DETAILS:
To be guaranteed a meal, you may RSVP by email at lukem@illinois.edu or call (217) 236-4911. Same day registration will start in the JWCC Agricultural Sciences Complex at 8:30 a.m. with tours starting at 9:00 a.m. Presentations will be made outdoors through plot tours on the farm. Audience questions and discussion will be welcomed. Meal will be provided following the tour at noon. CEUs for CCAs and IL Ag Educators will be offered. If extreme heat or rain is forecasted, the event may be moved indoors.

Wednesday, July 16th at 8:30 am

  • Corn and Wheat Nitrogen Demand and Soil Supply – What Can we Predict?
  • Making Cover Crop Systems Work for Your Farm.
  • Early Planted Soybean Weed Management and Crop Injury: What We’ve Learned the Past Five Years.\
  • Crop Progress and Expectations for 2025
  • Insect Management in Corn and Soybean

Monmouth Field Day

Event Date: Wednesday, July 23, 8:30 am
Location: 321 210th Ave, Monmouth, IL 61462
Sponsor: Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois
Contact Name: Greg Steckel
Contact Email: gsteckel@illinois.edu

EVENT DETAILS:
Tours will start at 8:30 a.m. Presentations will be made outdoors at the field research plots. Audience questions and discussion will be welcomed. If rain is forecasted, the event may be moved indoors.

Wednesday, July 23, 8:30 am

  • Nitrogen on Soybeans – What Research is Telling Us
  • Harvest Physiology and Yield Potential for Corn and Soybean
  • Early Planted Soybean and Group 15 Herbicide Resistance
  • Links Between Corn Yield Response to Nitrogen and Sulfur, Potassium, or Conservation Practices
  • Insect Management in Corn and Soybean

RSVP is preferred, but not required. You may RSVP by email at gsteckel@illinois.edu or call (309) 734-7459. CEUs for CCAs and IL Ag Educators will be offered. A ribeye sandwich lunch will be served following the tour.

Ewing Demonstration Center Field Day

Event Date: Thursday, July 24, All Day
Location: 6132 N. Ewing Rd, Ewing, IL 62836
Sponsor: Illinois Extension
Contact Name: Andy Fisher
Contact Email: andykf@illinois.edu

EVENT DETAILS:
Ewing Demonstration Center is excited to host their annual Agronomy Field Day on Thursday, July 24, at 9 a.m. with lunch to follow. The event will feature various educators and campus faculty as they provide best management practices for local growers.

Ewing Demonstration Center has served the agricultural community of southern Illinois since 1910. Research at the center includes various trials for corn, soybeans, sorghum, wheat, and cover crops. The center has featured no-till research and demonstration plots for 55 years, as it offers representative growing conditions for southern Illinois.

Thursday, July 24, 9 am

  • Cover crops for forage and livestock feed
  • Insect management in corn and soybeans
  • Evaluating best management practices on yield, erosion, and nutrient losses through surface runoff
  • General analysis and updates from farmdoc team

Field day is free, and lunch will be provided. Certified Crop Advisor CEUs are also available. To register, visit go.illinois.edu/EwingFieldDay or call (618) 439-3178.

Directions: Ewing Demonstration Center is about 20 minutes south of Mt. Vernon, located at 16132 N. Ewing Rd. The center is on the north edge of the village of Ewing, north of the Ewing Grade School. Additional signage will be posted near the center.

Hemp Research Open House
REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Event Date: Friday, July 25, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: 3505 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL 61802
Sponsor: University of Illinois Hemp Research Program, Department of Crop Sciences
Contact Name: D.K. Lee
Contact Email: leedk@illinois.edu
Cost: $30 (includes lunch)

Training and Education

  • Hemp Rules & Regulations
  • Genetic Improvement: Hybridization
  • Lessons learned from 5-year research

Research Plot Tours

  • Variety Trials – Grain and Fiber
  • Agronomy Trials – Planting Date and N Rate

Decortication and Processing Demonstration

Networking with professionals in the field

 

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